President Trump today announced that he is directing the Department of Defense to create a sixth branch of the military: the Space Force.

"I am hereby directing the Department of Defense and Pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a Space Force as the sixth branch of the armed forces," Trump said during a meeting of the National Space Council in Washington D.C.

The announcement came during the third public meeting of the National Space Council, where Trump also signed Space Policy Directive 3 after his remarks. The directive deals with space debris and space traffic control, instructing the Department of Defense to modernize its methods of tracking objects in orbit, partially by incorporating commercial tracking services.

We cant have the Army, Air Force, Navy etc address it (or in partnership with NASA and other big gov. agencies) because that might cut into their bloated budgets. We need a whole new additional and separate military branch. With another half trillion or so. Paid for by tax cuts for the rich. Yee haw.

What are they going to defend? This will be an absolute waste of time and money. I wonder if they can just pull a platoon from the army and give them different colored berets and say you are the new space force. You will guard NASA facilities.

Donnie is a joke! Many on here will give him a pass! If it were 44 doing the things ole Donnie boy was doing and talking about a space military, you guys would be calling for impeachment. Where would thsse funds come from? Conservatives spend just as much money as Liberals!

Donnie is a joke! Many on here will give him a pass! If it were 44 doing the things ole Donnie boy was doing and talking about a space military, you guys would be calling for impeachment. Where would thsse funds come from? Conservatives spend just as much money as Liberals!

"True" conservatives are against spending more than we bring in. However the GOP doesnt meet the specifications to call themselves true conservatives

Donnie is a joke! Many on here will give him a pass! If it were 44 doing the things ole Donnie boy was doing and talking about a space military, you guys would be calling for impeachment. Where would thsse funds come from? Conservatives spend just as much money as Liberals!

impeachment for calling for a creation of a 6th branch of the armed forces? You Libs have lost all touch with reality.

Donnie is a joke! Many on here will give him a pass! If it were 44 doing the things ole Donnie boy was doing and talking about a space military, you guys would be calling for impeachment. Where would thsse funds come from? Conservatives spend just as much money as Liberals!

You are honestly going to sit here and tell me you don't want Star Destroyers?